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fromLos Angeles Times
6 months agoICE officials replaced with Border Patrol, cementing hard tactics that originated in California
The Trump administration is replacing ICE leaders with Border Patrol officials to expand aggressive interior immigration enforcement, increasing militarized tactics and deportation pressure citywide.
fromAxios
2 months agoKristi Noem tightens her grip on the Department of Homeland Security
Roughly 80% of career leadership at ICE has been fired or demoted under Noem's tenure, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. The agency is under immense pressure to reach arrest and deportation goals. This includes the early demotion of the first acting agency director Caleb Vitello last February. Noem tried to replace Vitello with her political ally Madison Sheehan, who became deputy director before departing to run for Congress.
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fromFortune
6 months agoA major ICE shake-up is reportedly underway affecting at least half of the agency's top leadership positions | Fortune
The current official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity, said 12 ICE field office directors - the officers who run the network of field offices around the country responsible for immigration enforcement - were being reassigned. Half are to be replaced by existing or retired Customs and Border Protection staff, while the other half would be replaced by ICE officers, both the current and former officials said.
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